‘Suspicion of corruption in the entrance exam and venture capital’

Entry 2020.12.23 07:47

On the afternoon of the 23rd, the ruling of the first trial of Professor Chung Gyeong-shim of Dongyang University, wife of former Justice Minister Cho Kook, who was brought to trial on charges such as corruption in the children’s entrance exam and accusations of private equity investment, leaves on the afternoon of the 23rd.

Part 25 of the Seoul Central District Court Criminal Agreement (Deputy Judge Lim Jeong-yeop, Kwon Seong-soo and Kim Sun-hee) will hold the election of Professor Jeong, who was charged with fifteen counts, including violations of the law on capital markets and financial investment business at 2 pm.

Professor Jeong was charged with falsifying private documents, including a quote on behalf of the president of Tong Yang University in September last year. Subsequently, the court issued an arrest warrant for Professor Jeong on charges of irregularities in the entrance examination of children, corruption of private equity funds, and tampering with evidence. Subsequently, the prosecution charged Professor Chung with 14 additional charges including corruption in children’s entrance exams, corruption in private equity funds and tampering with evidence.

Professor Chung’s decision was carried out on the 5th of last month. At the trial of the decision, the prosecution charged Professor Chung with 7 years in prison, a fine of 900 million won for the use of non-public information and violation of the Capital Market Law, and an additional penalty of 106,416 , 57 won. In addition, he requested the confiscation of the main body of the desk (PC) used to create a bogus career such as dating forgery.

In his closing statement, Professor Jeong said, “The whole family became the subject of investigation and appeared in the media, and became unscrupulous,” and said, “The facts that I know are too different from the memories that I know. “.

On the 21st, the Ministry of Court Administration issued a postponement recommendation to the domestic courts to prevent the spread of Corona 19, but the court in charge of Professor Jeong’s case has yet to announce a plan to postpone it. Accordingly, Seongogi Day is expected to proceed as scheduled.

The court assigned a total of 20 seats to ordinary citizens through a lottery the day before. The audience ticket lottery recorded a competition rate of 1.7: 1.